The Greatest Books Since 2010

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
5339 Days Without End Sebastian Barry 2016 Irish English
5343 White Girls Hilton Als 2013 American English
5355 Praiseworthy Alexis Wright 2024 Australian English
5374 Packing For Mars Mary Roach 2010 American English
5387 In Memory Of Memory Maria Stepanova 2017 Russian Russian
5390 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5407 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra 2013 American English
5425 Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon 2024 Irish English
5426 At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop 2018 French French
5446 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5458 Forgotten Ally Rana Mitter 2013 British English
5460 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5462 The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay 2020 Australian English
5480 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
5485 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty 2014 Australian English
5493 Royally Screwed Emma Chase 2016 American English
5507 Seven Days In June Tia Williams 2021 American English
5529 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5568 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5581 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5588 Caste Isabel Wilkerson 2020 American English
5596 The Sound Of Things Falling Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2011 Colombian Spanish
5598 Bloodlands Timothy Snyder 2010 American English
5603 Canada Richard Ford 2012 American English
5611 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
5612 Zuleikha Guzel Yakhina 2015 Russian Russian
5614 The Mushroom At The End Of The World Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 American English
5618 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5621 The Thing About December Donal Ryan 2013 Irish English
5623 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5624 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
5633 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5636 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5642 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
5642 These Truths Jill Lepore 2018 American English
5651 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5661 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5679 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
5687 The Saint Of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera 2023 Unknown English
5693 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5701 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5706 The Sum Of Us Heather McGhee 2021 American English
5720 Warlight Michael Ondaatje 2018 Canadian English
5740 One Of Us Asne Seierstad 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
5780 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake 2020 British English
5802 Kruso Lutz Seiler 2014 German German
5804 Martyr! Kaveh Akbar 2024 American English
5806 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
5808 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
5928 Go Went Gone Jenny Erpenbeck 2015 German German
5932 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
5933 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
5934 A Promise Of Fire Amanda Bouchet 2016 American English
5962 This Is Happiness Niall Williams 2019 Irish English
5965 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5969 The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani 2016 French French
5986 The Idiot Elif Batuman 2017 American English
5995 The Green Road Anne Enright 2015 Irish English
5996 The Coddling Of The American Mind Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff 2018 American English
6084 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6090 All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders 2016 American English
6098 The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne 2017 Irish English
6121 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6129 Negroland Margo Jefferson 2015 American English
6149 In The Distance Hernan Díaz 2017 American English
6151 The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet David Mitchell 2010 British English
6156 The God Of The Woods Liz Moore 2024 Unknown English
6162 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6194 Know My Name Chanel Miller 2019 American English
6212 Doppelganger Naomi Klein 2023 Canadian English
6244 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6246 The Unwinding George Packer 2013 American English
6251 Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson 2012 American English
6254 Six Four Hideo Yokoyama 2012 Japanese Japanese
6255 Midwinter Break Bernard MacLaverty 2017 Irish English
6261 At The Existentialist Café Sarah Bakewell 2016 British English
6276 The Narrow Road To The Deep North Richard Flanagan 2013 Australian English
6283 Sur La Scène Intérieure Marcel Cohen 2013 French French
6290 Out Of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 2010 American English
6296 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6301 Rejection Tony Tulathimutte 2024 American English
6310 Burial Rites Hannah Kent 2013 Australian English
6319 The Power Of Habit Charles Duhigg 2012 American English
6328 No Good Men Among The Living Anand Gopal 2014 American English
6332 Devotions Mary Oliver 2017 American English
6333 The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich 2020 American English
6340 No No Boy John Okada 2024 American English
6341 Nothing Holds Back The Night Delphine de Vigan 2011 French French
6352 The Shallows Nicolas Carr 2010 American English
6360 The Library Book Susan Orlean 2018 American English
6368 The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden 2024 Unknown Unknown
6375 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6376 Beartown Fredrik Backman 2016 Swedish Swedish
6378 Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson 2017 American English
6399 La Grande Juan José Saer 2012 Argentinian Spanish
6413 All Systems Red Martha Wells 2017 American English
6434 On Immunity Eula Biss 2014 American English
6442 Tomb Of Sand Geetanjali Shree 2018 Indian Hindi
6444 Eaarth Bill McKibben 2010 American English
6454 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Cho Nam-Joo 2016 Korean Korean
6461 Never Did The Fire Diamela Eltit 2022 Chilean Spanish
6463 Things We Lost In The Fire Mariana Enríquez 2016 Argentinian Spanish
6470 The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan 2012 Irish English
6490 Happy Are The Happy Yasmina Reza 2013 French French
6500 The Black Count Tom Reiss 2012 French English
6507 Wild Houses Colin Barrett 2024 Irish English
6525 The Mars Room Rachel Kushner 2018 American English
6531 Born A Crime Trevor Noah 2016 South African English
6530 The Hating Game Sally Thorne 2016 Australian English
6533 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
6537 The Empathy Exams Leslie Jamison 2014 American English
6537 Hunger Roxane Gay 2017 American English
6541 Hold Still Sally Mann 2015 American English
6567 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6577 Crashed Adam Tooze 2018 British English
6578 Indian Horse Richard Wagamese 2012 Canadian English
6582 Freshwater Akwaeke Emezi 2018 Nigerian English
6596 The Invention Of Nature Andrea Wulf 2015 German English
6598 Long Island Colm Toibin 2024 Irish Unknown
6605 Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance 2016 American English